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A Joke about Dongles at a Conference Led to Two People Losing Their Jobs and a Huge Mess for the....
Yahoo.com ^ | 3/22/13 | Kevin Smith

Posted on 03/22/2013 10:14:00 AM PDT by Alistair Stratford IV

Earlier this week at the PyCon conference (the largest annual gathering for developers using the open-source Python programming language) a woman named Adria Richards overheard a joke between two men sitting behind her during a crowded presentation.

Richards was offended and took a picture of the two men who were making jokes. She tweeted, "Not cool. Jokes about forking repo's in a sexual way and "big" dongles. Right behind me #pycon." She also attached a photo of the two people making the jokes.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: feminism; pc
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To: muawiyah

I think Adria’s life/career will follow a path similar to your former co-worker, only worse due to internet exposure.


61 posted on 03/22/2013 10:46:42 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Westbrook

I don’t know about Nazis, but it sure reminds me of “The Lives of Others” when the young Stasi agent gets busted for telling a joke about Erich Honecker.


62 posted on 03/22/2013 10:46:50 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Red Badger

“Hardware keys” is two words...


63 posted on 03/22/2013 10:47:24 AM PDT by null and void (If the government is so worried about civil disturbance, why are they working so hard to disturb us?)
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To: Made In The USA

I guess you didn’t get the memo, but women are to be treated as equals now, so showing them extra respect is, according to them disrespectful.


64 posted on 03/22/2013 10:47:41 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Black Agnes

Some people expect adults at a professional function to act like adults, the horror.


65 posted on 03/22/2013 10:48:11 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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Donglegate
66 posted on 03/22/2013 10:48:30 AM PDT by Rio (Tempis Fugit.)
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To: null and void

Thus the need for a single word, ‘dongle’..........


67 posted on 03/22/2013 10:48:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: Boogieman

Did she expect anything? All she did was dissent on Twitter.


68 posted on 03/22/2013 10:49:00 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Alistair Stratford IV

What’s not being reported in this little blow up is this very chick made sexual jokes earlier the very same day on twitter about stuff socks in someone’s pants..Evidently she is known for off color comments and is now riding this one out to whatever benefit she thinks she can gain.


69 posted on 03/22/2013 10:50:48 AM PDT by Michael Barnes (Obamaa+ Downgrade)
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To: EDINVA

Computer software sales reps might leave her alone ~ OH NOES.


70 posted on 03/22/2013 10:50:54 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Westbrook

“If the little Nazi didn’t get a release from those men to publish their photos, wouldn’t they be able to sue her?”

Yep. Defamation. Slander. False light. (depending on what state they are in)

I’d sue in a heartbeat, for subjecting me to national ridicule, making me a notorious figure, and causing me to lose my job.


71 posted on 03/22/2013 10:51:30 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: Made In The USA
Were they really joking, or because she did not know terminology, did she just assume they were telling off color jokes? Like the councilman who got someone in trouble for using the word niggardly?
72 posted on 03/22/2013 10:51:38 AM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Her website is a nightmare....this woman will ruin your life in a heartbeat over a joke and think nothing of it...scary.


73 posted on 03/22/2013 10:52:36 AM PDT by Alistair Stratford IV (Keep calm and carry on)
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To: Alistair Stratford IV

Maybe I’m missing something here, but how is a picture of the guy proof that he was making inappropriate comments? It seems to me it’s his word against hers.


74 posted on 03/22/2013 10:52:41 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Alistair Stratford IV

Her actions will have a serious cooling effect on any future hires...........


75 posted on 03/22/2013 10:53:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: GeronL
a roomful of people in a public venue is now “private”?

It would be different if they had made those statements on the stage as part of a presentation. This was about two guys chatting with each other and being overheard by some busybody.

76 posted on 03/22/2013 10:53:25 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: GeronL

Of course she expected something, otherwise she would have just asked the two men to knock it off instead of airing her grievance publicly.


77 posted on 03/22/2013 10:54:09 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: GeronL

I’m more annoyed that they were talking, period, during a presentation. I don’t pay money or take time to attend something like that to listen to office banter. Shut up and listen to the presenter.

The topic of their discussion was fairly irrelevant.


78 posted on 03/22/2013 10:54:34 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Bob
Many, many years ago, a secretary in our engineering department went to HR. She was very upset over a conversation she overheard between a couple of Unix programmers. They were discussing ‘killing children’ and ‘flushing’ things down ‘pipes’.

I could just imagine the reaction of somebody overhearing "The daemon was spawning children faster than we could kill them" and such.

79 posted on 03/22/2013 10:56:22 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: GreenHornet

It would seem to be grounds for some sort of civil action on the part of the 2 men in question.

Of course, the fact that the accused are members of a particular demographic that’s currently demonized, and the accusers demographic is currently ‘protected’ might negate some of the civil tort that might ordinarily happen.


80 posted on 03/22/2013 10:57:49 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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